The Avalanche Friday morning traded its longest-tenured player, winger Cody McLeod, to the Nashville Predators for center Felix Girard.
Girard, 22, is in his third season with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL and will join the Avalanche’s affiliate in the same league, the San Antonio Rampage. He was Nashville’s fourth-round pick in 2013 and had 45 goals in four seasons of major junior with Baie-Comeau. Listed at 5-foot-11 and 196 pounds, he has 12 goals and 38 points in 172 games with the Admirals.
McLeod is under contract through next season, at a cap hit of $1.